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I Think does not mean I AM
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In this debate, the opponent must prove why I Think equals to the existence of one's self
While I will try to disprove such idea
Burden of proof:
Since this is more of a philosophical debate, not all arguments must be strictly supported by evidence (but any proof/sources are welcome :P)
Please use the first round as acceptance, you can use the remaining rounds in whatever ways you like
That being said, have fun and good luck!
I accept! This sounds like fun. May the odds be ever in your favour!
Emphasising the aim:
1) Opponent must prove why I Think equals to the existence of one's self
2) I would be the skeptic and try to disprove such idea.
That said, let the match begins.
A) Defining today's motion:
Here are my interpretations on the motion "I Think equals to the existence of one's self" :
1. Equal: Having the same quantity, measure, or value as another. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com...)
By the same, it is 100% the same, if there is only 99.999% the same,
It is Similar, not Equal.
2. For example: a round moon is Similar to a silver plate in many ways (color,shape...)
But the moon does not Equal to a silver plate, as there are diferences as well (size, chemical components...)
3. Therefore, for me to disprove today's motion, I simply need to list one or more differences of between "I Think" and "I am"
If I can list at least one, then "I think" can only be similar to "one's existence", but not Equal to one's existence
Thus, the motion shall not stand.
B) Thinking can be an illusion (non-existing)
1. According to scientific researches, more scientists begin to discover different brain patterns as thoughts. Brain patterns are formed by electrical impulses in neurons. For example: Researchers used monkeys to monitor their primary motor cortex when they touch illuminated targets.
2. Those patterns could be generated, provided there is enough technology and resources to replicate those electrical impulses.
3. Since thought could be generated by means other than existing ,having a thought does not mean you certainly exists.
For example:This is the same as proving having high score in academics doesn't mean you are hardworking.
Since having a high score could be obtained by other means (cheating,luck...) other than hardworking.
Having high score doesn't Equals to hardworking (which is one of the means among cheating/luck...)
4. Since the existence of thought does not depends solely on Existence. Thought does not equal to existence as there are other means to generate thought.
B) Unconcious people can exists
I would like to prove this by using the constructive proof method.
1. For example: If A equals to B
But B does not equal to C
Then A does not equal to C
2. Therefore,
If people that are existing but in high degree of coma can be not thinking (unconcious)
But not thinking (unconcious) does not equal to thinking (concious)
Then existing but in coma does not equal to thinking (concious)
3. To strengthen my arguments, Researchers have identified patterns of brain activity that correlate to unconsciousness.
(Source:https://www.technologyreview.com...- states-of-unconsciousness-with-eeg-data/)
C) Conclusion
1. Thought does not equal solely to Existence.
2. Using consturctive method to disprove.
Thank you for coming to the debate. We are arguing over whether or not it follows that I exist from the fact that I think. First, I will address Pro's arguments. Then I will make an argument of my own.
Pro's case for the resolution
Pro makes two arguments, and he lables them both "B," so I'll refer to the first as "B(1)" and the second as "B(2)." In Section B(1), he argues that it's possible to think without existing, and in Section B(2), he argues that it's possible to exist without thinking.
Let me address Section B(2) first. Here, I agree with him. It is possible to exist without thinking. But that point does not in any way establish the resolution. The fact that it's possible to exist without thinking does not mean it's possible to think without existing. It's also possible to exist without walking, but that doesn't mean it's possible to walk without existing. The question, for the purposes of this debate, is whether or not it's possible to think without existing, so Section B(2) is irrelevant to this debate.
Section B(1) contains the only argument that's relevant to the debate, so I will address that. Here, Pro argues that since thought can be generated artificially that it's therefore possible to have thoughts without existing. This conclusion doesn't follow because whether a thought occurs naturally or through artificial stimulation, in both cases whenever there's a thought, there's somebody who is having the thought. Thoughts can't exist apart from somebody thinking them. Even if some thought or perception is an illusion, there's somebody who is having the illusion. Illusions cannot be had by non-existent persons. Pro seems to be making a dichotomy between a thought being caused by existence and a thought being caused by a researcher. By that is a categorical error since "existence" isn't a member of the same category as "researchers." After all, researchers also exist, and would have to exist in order to cause anything.
My case
My position is that if I think, then I must exist. If my position is correct, that negates the resolution. Look at the wording of the resolution. It says, "I think does not mean I am." If we are stipulating that I is the same person in both parts of the statement, then the statement is self-contradictory because the first part of the statement tells who is the one doing the thinking. It's me. That implies that I exist, which is denied in the second part of the statement. So the statement contains an internal contradiction between the first part and the second part. The statement, "I think," presupposes that there is a me who is doing the thinking. After all, the statement flat out tells us who it is that is doing the thinking. Non-existent things can't think. So the statement, "I think; therefore, I exist," is really kind of a tautology. It's analytically true.
That's it for now.
Thank you for your reply. You have really good logic.
That said, I must first point out your 2 logical fallacy,
before returning to my arguments.
Con's Side Arguments.
Let me address his arguments.
Con has failed to prove his Only 2 arguments:
A) Illusion is existence
If Con wanted to prove today's motion by the illusion angle,
It should go like this:
1) Thinking At least ensure's that there is an illusion
2) The illusion Must be made by ourselves (existing)
3) So thinking must prove that ouself exists (I think = I am)
However, Con has only proved point (1), then jump straight to point (3)
Neglecting the logical preliminary in point (2), thus his argument are illogical.
Lets take Con's logic with another example:
1) The painting with dragons exists
3) So the dragon must exists
Apparently, that logic suffers greatly from false induction,
Con can only prove that illusions exists, but he Cannot prove why the thing (self) in illusion exists.
B) Irrelevance
His second argument goes like this:
1) The "I" in (I think. I am.) is the same
2) So "I" think not equal to "I" am is contradicting.
To begin with, this argument is irrelevent with today's motion.
I have made it extra apparent that Con has to Prove why "I thnk = I am"
But Con seemed to be avoiding his duties, and challenge the headings instead.
That said, allow me to show Con's fallacy once again.
First, his whole argument is based on the preliminary that The "I" in (I think. I am.) is the same
Notice that he assumed this preliminary as his Own opinion, without any proof or support.
In other words, since I had proven in above that "I" in (I think. I am.) Can be NOT the same
Con's whole arguments are internally flawed.
Pro side arguments
Since Con side argued that my second argument is unrelatable, I should focus on my first argument.
C) Thinking can be an illusion (non-existing)
Notice that the Con side can never actually rebut my first argument.
"Thoughts can't exist apart from somebody thinking them."- said Con
"Illusions cannot be had by non-existent persons." - said Con
I believe you have all noticed by now that Con is simply restating his own opinions, again & again (desperately) : NO! Thoughts can only exists when there is somebody thinking about it!
1) Con once again lacks any evidence, and even argumentation to prove his own stance
2) Con Cannot Deny that thought can be created by machines (with advance tech) (http://thebrain.mcgill.ca...)
3) To furthur strengthen my arguments, I would like to add that Philosopher Chuang Tzu
believe that our own existence could be created by other's dream
D) Conclusion
Pro: - Points out all Con's argument contains fallacy
- Proven thought can be illusions
Con: - Cannot fullfil his own burden of prove (cannot prove I think=I am)
- Cannot prove illusion is made by ourselves Solely
Hence, all cons side arguments cannot refer to today's resolution, thank you.
Labling has become a confusing enterprise in this debate, but I'll stick as best I can to the new labling. Be careful because it differs from the earlier round.
A. illusion
Pro misrepresents my argument. I did not argue that because an illusion exists that the object of that illusion must also exist. He's right that an illusion of a dragon does not entail the existence of the dragon. Rather, I argued that if an illusion exists, then the subject having that illusion must exist. Illusions are had by subjects. If I am having an illusion of a dragon, the dragon may not exist, but I do.
Pro's original argument was that since thoughts and illusions can be created artificially, then my own thoughts and illusions can exist without me existing, which is obvious nonsense. Regardless of the source of my thoughts and illusions, as long as I'm the one having them, then I must exist.
B. Irrelevance
Pro responds to my argument that the "I" in both parts of the stated resolution refer to the same person--the one uttering the statement. He says my argument is irrelevant, but it's unclear why. My response deals directly with the stated resolution: "I think does not mean I AM." Since "I" is the first person personal pronoun one uses to refer to one's self, then "I" and "one's self" both refer to the same person. Anybody who utters the resolution must be referring to themselves when reading both "I's" in the sentence. So yes, they do both refer to the same person.
If the statement had said anything like, "If I think, then Bob exists," or, "If Greg thinks, then I exist," we'd be debating a different topic. But it's plainly evident that the subject in "I think," and the subject in "I am," are both the same subject when both statements are made in the same sentence and uttered by the same person.
Pro accuses me of merely assuming this, but I am only looking at the grammatical construct of the sentence and the meaning of the first person personal pronoun. One only needs to analyze the statement, "I think," to realize that if it is true, then necessarily, I exist. The words, "I think," mean that the person referred to as "I" is the one doing the thinking. Things that don't exist don't think. So if there is some subject referred to as "I" who is doing the thinking, then that subject must exist.
Pro attempts to strengthen his agument by citing Chuang Tzu who thinks "our own existence could be created by other's dream." However oddly we may have come to be, if we're talking about "our own existence," then we are presupposing that we do exist.
C. More on illusion
In this section, Con just builds on his response to my claim that thoughts and illusions must be had by subjects who exist. He responds by saying I only asserted these things without proving them. The proof is in the very nature of what it means to think or to have an illusion. They are both subjective processes that occur in the minds of persons.
Dropped argument
Pro dropped his argument from people existing without thinking.
Thank you for the reply
But I must show Con's rebuttal and arguments are flawed
A. Illusion
Con never truly answered my rebuttals in round 3 (illusion doen't equal to existence)
If Con wants to rebut, it should go like this:
1) If Illusion exists
2) So subject having the illlusion must exists
3) Since the subject equals to self (not computer/other's illusions)
4) Hence Self exists
Notice that Con can never prove part (3), jumping from (1), (2) directly to (4)
"as long as I'm the one having illusions, then I must exist." - said Con
1) As long as I'm the one having illusions
2) I must exist
Beware that Con never explains (1) why I Must be the one having illusions.
While I had proven that illusions can be caused by machines/other's dream/electrical impulses
Hence subjects existing can be Not self.
Thus, Con also failed at defending his first argument. (Part A)
B. Grammar? Seriously?!
It seems that after Con failed at establishing a logical standpoint in argument 1,
He now attempts to even use Grammatical method to answer a Philosophical question in argument 2
That said, lets review his conclusion:
[ "I" in I think means "I" in I exists ]
However, he is assuming that there is an "I" in "I exists"
(Which is the whole point of this debate - whether there is an "I"..)
So lets look at this Con's assumption:
1) I must be thinking
2) Things dont exists, dont think
3) So thinking things must exists
However, this contains fallacy, take the follwing as an example of this logic:
1) Dogs must have tails
2) Things that dont have tails, are not Cats
3) So things with tails (Dogs) must be Cats
Con's second arguments, contains internal contradictions, thus he cannot defend his second argument.While I had proven that things with tail (thoughts) have many forms (illusions/electical)
Hence, thoughts may not only be existence (not only Cats)
C. Wait! What about our duties?
Please be aware that at the Challenging stage & Round 2 stage, I had reminded the duties of both sides. Con side must prove why (I think = I exist) while I would try my best to challenge him.
Since I had just disprove his main arguments , I would now comment on his actions of challenging the headings/my stance (I think doesnt mean I am)
Lets say, for example - if Con try to proves that Cat eats rocks, (according his method of proving)
1) Cats dont eat plastic
2) Cats dont eat clouds
3) Hence, Cat eat rocks.
It is shown that such deduction is illogical. Since denying other factors doesnt mean your own stance is true (think=existence)
Therefore, no matter how many headings he disprove,
As long as he cannot Directly prove that thinking = existence, he failed to relate to the resolution.
D. Conclusion:
During this debate, I have done the following
- Proven that Con still has yet to fullfill his duties. (I think = I am?)
- Proven that Con Cannot explain why illusions must mean our existence.
- Mentioned possibilities where I think not equals to I am (electical/illusions..etc)
A. Illusion
Illusion came up in Pro's original argument in his opening, titled, "Thinking can be an illusion." His third premise reads, "Since thought could be generated by means other than existing, having a thought does not mean you certainly exists."
He appears to believe that if a thought is generated artificially through electrical impulses that those thoughts are therefore illusions, and if they are illusions, then they can exist without you existing. I challenged that premise on the basis that thoughts and illusions are always had by subjects, regardless of what is causing them. As long as they exist, then somebody is thinking them or percieving them. This is true by the very nature of thought and illusion, which are subjective states of states of mind.
Pro's suggestions for how I should have argued are barely coherent, and I have exlicitly denied the second premise. My position is that it doesn't matter what causes the illusion. As long as the illusion exists, then somebody is having that illusion.
The resolution tells us explicitly who it is that is doing the thinking. It begins, "I think. . ." So who is the one doing the thinking? Who is the subject in that statement? It's I. Me! That presupposes that I exist. If I am the one doing the thinking, then I must exist. To refute this, Pro would have to demonstrate that it's possible for me to think (or do anything at all) without me even existing. He never even attempted to show that.
B. Grammar
Here, Pro appears to doubt whether there is an "I" in "I exist." Well, of course there is. Look at it. It's right there. "I exist." In case you missed it, it's the first word in the sentence. Unless the sentence is completely without meaning, it refers to the one who thinks. "I" is the subject of the sentence. It's what the sentence is about. "I think" and "I exist" both presuppose the existence of "I" since "I" is who is doing the thinking and the existing. This is just straight forward English grammar.
If Pro wanted to argue that there was no "I," doing the thinking or the existence, he should've gone with a different resolution that didn't use the word, "I."
Again, Pro makes a muddled attempt to represent my argument, but that is certainly not the way I would argue, so his dog/cat parody is hardly analogous to anything I said.
C. Duties
Pro appears to be claiming that I did not carry my burden of proof because I made an illogical argument. But again, his parody does not resemble my actual argument, so it's irrelevant.
My argument is simple. The statement, "I think does not mean that I exist." is self-contradictory because the statement, "I think," tells us who is doing the thinking--me--but then it denies that I exist. If you accept the resolution of this debate, then you've got to accept the notion that it's possible for me to think even if I don't exist. It's possible for you to think even if you don't exist.
It would appear that my arguments have gone unrefuted, and Pro's have all been refuted.
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Posted by Ragnar 2 years ago
---RFD (1 of 1)---
ARGUMENTS: A lot of this boils to pro trying to move the goalpost of his claim onto con, and seeming to demand an absolute when he never proved an absolute to begin with.
S&G: I love pro's organization, and were it allowed I'd consider giving him S&G for it (slightly better consistency on labels would have been nice).
CONDUCT: Never invent rules and expect people to follow them.
Con is not the instigator, it's his job to disprove the resolution by any means (doubt on pro's claims, strength of his own by comparison, or some mix). He is not bound by made up rules after the first round (which pro tried in R2).
Sadly a lot of pro's arguments boiled down to straw-person arguments (inferring that con argued cats eat rocks, etc). This debate does not include limits on what form that existence must be, so if the painting of the dragon thinks it exists, it exists (real dragons still don't), but if the painting does not think it still might exist. Denying the Antecedent doesn't change that (as con caught). This is a basic multiple X inputs can lead to the same Y output. Con's arguments (in addition to rebuttals) were pretty simple, the K to the topic that the question itself implies existence to question existence.
In pro's favor, I will say that I am not convinced con actually exists, as he might be an illusion in my head who is not really thinking... But if I am really thinking, then this debate gives me no reason to question my own existence (pro was trying to challenge the normative assumption, much like a Christian pointing out that an atheist hasn't outright disproven God or a Teacup that made everything, it's not the atheists job to do so unless they instigate that argument against those things)
Posted by philochristos 2 years ago
Posted by Ragnar 2 years ago
But I would like to thank philochristos for such an intense debate,
it is so much fun to have a debate where I can squeeze my brain!
No matter the outcome, I hope you enjoyed this match as much as I do!
Posted by philochristos 2 years ago
I never said anything about the famous sentence of "i think, therefore i am"
All i was trying to discuss is "why I Think does not equals to the existence of one's self"
Please keep that in mind when voting ; )
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I think most of us have heard about the wonderful story of postponed coffee, where people pay for coffee they have not consumed for future customers who cannot afford a coffee (or some food).
This was brought up by my very bright niece, Charlotte, when I had posted reflection 31 (dilemma).
She indicated that many people thought in a real negative way about this: people do this just for themselves, to get rid of guilt feelings and to feel good about themselves.
How amazing. these people realize that performing a good deed gives anyone who does it a good feeling but instead of starting do nothing else than good deeds themselves, they prefer to criticize people who do it and continue not to feel good about themselves.
It is so true that complete altruism does not exist. We were all made in a way that the more we help others, the more peace of mind we experience and the more true happiness and bliss comes our way. So what could be possibly wrong with that? People like Mother Theresa realized this very much and lived a life full of good deeds. I think these people are among the happiest on earth. Let us follow at least a bit in their footsteps.

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Ashley Belle got a love note from the boy up the street the other day.
It looked kinda like this:
Ashley threw some rocks in the street and got sent inside for punishment. She was devastated. So was The Boy. I told him Ashley had to go inside now and he was so sad. He said "But I'll take care of her."
Awwww, I thought to myself. But I was all business and said, "That's sweet but you'll just have to see her at kindergarten tomorrow, bud."
Ashley moped around the house for awhile. But then the doorbell rang. It was The Boy, love note in hand. He stuck it on her with tape and ran back up to his house.
I should probably be a little worried. But it helps that The Boy is a tiny little squirt. And that Ashley is good at throwing rocks. And that I watched a lot of Boy Meets World episodes when I was growing up. My very own little Cory and Topanga, sigh.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Kindergarten Love
9 comments:
- Jen said...
Aw, that is just so sweet. I love it.
- September 13, 2011 at 12:39 PM
oh my gosh, adorable! Keep us posted!
- September 13, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Holly Ann said...
Aww. That's sweet. And I just loved Boy Meets World. :)
- September 13, 2011 at 10:41 PM
- Karen and Gerard said...
That was so cute. Quite a nice little note too!
- September 14, 2011 at 5:13 AM
- Kmama said...
Love the "Boy Meets Girl" reference. So funny.
My Buddy has a "girl" that is all over him too. There in class together this year. *sigh*
- September 14, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Rebecca @ Unexplained X2 said...
That is the cutest thing EVER!!!
- September 15, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- Brandy@YDK said...
how sweet.
- September 15, 2011 at 2:56 PM
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- September 19, 2011 at 6:06 AM
- Stephanie said...
OMG how sweet!
- September 19, 2011 at 6:07 AM
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PHOENIX - Big performances by Brother Derek and Corinthian led the water cooler talk this week, but that was hardly all that happened. There were other items that could have major ramifications down the road.
* Spun Sugar, trained by Todd Pletcher, returned at Gulfstream last Monday with a fast win in a one-mile allowance. Spun Sugar was a Grade 2 stakes winner in 2005 and multiple Grade 1-placed, so there's quality through and through. She was given the last half of the year off after a so-so try in the Alabama but appears to have come back better. Pletcher said the race should set her up nicely for next month's Grade 1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park. It better, what with Round Pond, Happy Ticket, Star Parade, and defending champ Dream of Summer all casting an eye toward that big race.
* I plead guilty. I was among those who considered Lava Man a thing of the past. Lava Man, who had looked so good in big events last summer, but who was vanned off after the Pacific Classic, no factor in New York, no factor in Japan, and who has been battling foot problems all along, appeared to have everything against him coming back in 2006. Yes, he won his comeback in the Sunshine Millions Classic, but it was hardly a stirring display. It seemed more a case that he was much the best horse, but once he hooked the big boys again he would be in trouble.
Oops. Lava Man looked super winning the Santa Anita Handicap, and while Magnum made a good run at him through the lane, Lava Man had already delivered the coup de grace with a strong ninth furlong. Lava Man is a one-time claimer, and it's not hard to see him become a darling in Southern California in the mold of an Ancient Title or John Henry or Best Pal.
* It was a bad weekend for former Derby winners. Funny Cide was no factor in the Gulfstream Park Handicap. Giacomo simply ran around the track in the Big Cap. It's apparent Funny Cide just isn't what he used to be, although at least he won the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at 4.
Still, the lack of success after the Triple Crown by our recent Derby heroes is disconcerting. Giacomo appeared to have everything in his favor to at least run well in the Big Cap. And now that he didn't, he may be old news, unless something turns around, and fast.
I'm less discouraged about High Limit. Everyone, including his trainer, Bobby Frankel, worried about his distance capabilities. We were likely just all fooled when he won the Strub. The Strub shows he can perform at a high-class level at up to nine furlongs, but he may still be best at a mile. Frankel may look to the Oaklawn Handicap, though that's looking pretty tough. Maybe he should instead freshen High Limit and target the Grade 1 Carter at seven furlongs and Grade 1 Met Mile.
* The 3-year-old filly ranks don't look quite so strong now. Juvenile champion Folklore has an ailment and is, for all intents and purposes, out of training. Balance and Wild Fit - who run in Sunday's Santa Anita Oaks - look like the two, particularly after last weekend's Grade 2 Bonnie Miss, where favorites Wait a While and French Park were nowhere.
There may be a bright light, however. Teammate, who was no match for Wait a While in the slop in the Davona Dale last month, got her revenge and then some in the Bonnie Miss. The addition of Lasix (and getting away from a sloppy track) may have turned her around. Yes, she was able to set modest splits and control the tempo, but the way she kicked away in the lane was most impressive. She's bred to run on, too, being a daughter of A.P. Indy.
* Milk It Mick was a deserving winner of the Grade 1 Kilroe Mile. I know favored Cacique got fanned 10 wide and others in there had brutal trips, as the first eight finishers ended up within two lengths or so at the wire. But Milk It Mick had to deal with an impossible post (12), and after swooping to the lead seemed to idle for just a second. He then had to quickly regroup and fend off a host of challenges on all sides.
Does that mean Milk It Mick is the horse to beat when these horses get it on again? Not necessarily. My feeling is that if you ran the Kilroe 10 times you would have seven different winners. Ask the 13 jocks who rode and I guarantee you 10 or 11 of them can come up with some type of excuse.


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Fated by Sarah Alderson.
Pages: 320.
Publication: January 5th 2012/Simon & Schuster UK.
"What happens when you discover you aren't who you thought you were? And that the person you love is the person who will betray you? If your fate is already determined, can you fight it?
When Evie Tremain discovers that she's the last in a long line of Demon slayers and that she's being hunted by an elite band of assassins –Shapeshifters, Vampires and Mixen demons amongst them – she knows she can't run. They'll find her wherever she goes. Instead she must learn to stand and fight.
But when the half-human, half-Shadow Warrior Lucas Gray - is sent to spy on Evie and then ordered to kill her before she can fulfil a dangerous prophecy, their fates become inextricably linked. The war that has raged for one thousand years between humans and demons is about to reach a devastating and inevitable conclusion. Either one or both of them will die before this war ends.
If your life becomes bound to another's, what will it take to sever it?"
I first read Sarah Alderson's Hunting Lila (Find review here) and I really enjoyed it, so when I saw that Fated was coming out in January I knew I had to read it. Fated has Alderson's writing feel, which is the only thing similar between to the stories. I enjoyed the story within Fated more than Hunting Lila.
Our heroine, or more of an anti-heroine, is Evie. Little do she know, that she has Hunter blood. A strong will and intelligent seventeen year old whose only dream is to get out of her small and gossipy home town, and if that means working two jobs, she will. However, the Brotherhood have other plans. Half Shadow Warrior, half human, the only thing Lucas wants is revenge. And his target? Evie.
I really liked Evie. She's realistic as well as being easy to relate to. She is strong and what I loved is that she isn't whiny or feels the need to keep saying that all this paranormal stuff can't be happening for half of the book.
Fated is written in dual narrative and, Lucas, as a second main character was also enjoyable. He was not overbearing which I find can happen with second, especially male, lead characters. I really enjoyed finding out what Lucas was thinking while trying and failing to assassinate Evie as he begins to feel protective and even begins to care for Evie. Lucas, throughout the book, grow into an admirable character.
All the other secondary characters were also satisfying. Victor, Jocelyn, Earl and Risper were all different and complemented in each other as Hunters.
The only thing lowered the book rating for me was the speed and rush of the romance. Fast paced romance never do anything for me and although, with only three hundred pages to work with training Evie and a lot of secondary characters, I suppose a rushed romance was bound to happen. However, that said, I did like Evie's and Luca's chemistry. It had this Romeo and Juliet, doomed feel and I love a bit of doom!
A fast-paced novel set in an intriguing world, full of entertaining characters, Fated is definitely one to read, and when you do, you will be hooked and begging for the sequel!
Rating: 4/5.


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Damien Sheehan-Connor
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A significant volume of health economics literature has attempted to understand the elusive relationship between medical care and health outcomes. This paper attempts to provide further quantitative evidence for that relationship by exploiting the discontinuity in health insurance coverage at the age of 65. Using hospital discharge data for California from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), I compare differences in mortality, cost of care, number of procedures, length of stay, and individual procedure utilization across the age of 65. Across two samples of serious diagnoses, my results suggest a positive relationship between mortality and the intensity of medical care, both for increases and decreases in the quantity of care provided. These results suggest for certain groups, the transition to Medicare eligibility does not provide value, although this result is dependent on the sample of diagnoses and particular subgroup of patients observed.
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The World Methodist Council is made up of 80 Methodist, Wesleyan and related Uniting and United Churches representing over 40.5 million members in 138 countries1. To find a member church in your area please use the A-to-Z guide located below. To view a member church's contact details, click the blue arrow button. * denotes churches under the Central and South Europe Central Conference of the United Methodist Church ** denotes churches under the Northern Europe Central Conference of the United Methodist Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church grew out of the Free African Society, a mutual aid organization that Richard Allen founded in 1787. Allen, a Philadelphia-born slave who had purchased his freedom in Delaware, had experience as an itinerant Methodist preacher and associate of the famed Francis Asbury. An ugly racial incident at St. George Methodist Church in Philadelphia convinced Allen to start another branch of Methodism which affirmed in practice the equality of all human beings. Though he led his followers in building Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1794, white Methodists tried to assert authority over its congregational affairs. In 1801, however, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania confirmed Bethel's autonomy. In 1816 Allen convened black Methodists from other middle Atlantic communities to form the African Methodist Episcopal denomination. He was consecrated the first bishop of the church.
The A.M.E. Church rapidly spread during the antebellum period to every section of the United States and into Canada and Haiti. On the slave soil of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, the District of Columbia, and for a time South Carolina were numerous A.M.E. congregations. During the Civil War A.M.E. ministers recruited soldiers into the Union Army and served themselves as military chaplains. Even before the war ended A.M.E. missionaries traveled into the former Confederacy to draw freedmen into the denomination. As membership swelled to 400,000 by 1880, A.M.E. leaders, both clergy and lay, sat in Reconstruction legislatures, held seats in Congress, and served in scores of other political offices.
Formal entry into West Africa in 1891 and South Africa in 1896 made the denomination a significant black institution beyond the western hemisphere. Reunification in 1884 with the previously dissident British Methodist Episcopal Church brought the denomination back into Canada, and added the Maritime Provinces, Bermuda, and parts of South America. Missionaries also pushed the boundaries of the A.M.E. Church to embrace most areas of the Caribbean including significant attention to Cuba.
Further expansion in Africa culminated in the 1990s. At the 1996 General Conference Bishop McKinley Young of South Africa and Namibia successfully petitioned for recognition of the Angola Annual Conference. Similarly, Bishop Robert V. Webster of Central Africa gained acceptance for a fellowship of congregations in Uganda to become A.M.E.s.
Also by the turn of the 20th century nearly every southern and border state and some in the north and west contained within them A.M.E. supported schools. They ranged from the secondary to the college, university, and seminary levels. Wilberforce University in Ohio, founded in 1856 and A.M.E. sponsored since 1863, was the denomination's most prominent educational institution. In the Caribbean and Africa the A.M.E. Church similarly started schools with Monrovia College and Industrial Institute in Liberia and Wilberforce Institute in South Africa as the best known.
The two world wars which inaugurated a massive movement of the blacks from the American South to northern and western cities spearheaded another period of A.M.E. development. Numerous churches in Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia and other areas developed a social gospel which redefined the thrust of A.M.E. ministry. Such southern and border state clergy as Joseph DeLaine in Clarendon County, South Carolina and Oliver Brown in Topeka, Kansas, moved to end legalized segregation with court suits they initiated in their respective locales. Culminating with the famous Brown case of 1854 A.M.E. leaders like their predecessors during the Civil War helped to spearhead important changes in American society.
Women have pressed the denomination continuously to recognize their spiritual gifts. Hence, Bishop Richard Allen authorized Jarena Lee to preach in 1817. Bishop Henry M. Turner ordained Sarah A. Hughes as an itinerant deacon in the North Carolina Annual Conference in 1885. Although his successor rescinded this
action, women continued to function as evangelists, even pastoring congregations starting in the late 19th century. The marathon efforts of Martha Jayne Keys and others caused the General Conference of 1960 to authorize the full ordination of women as itinerant elders. Bishop Vashti McKenzie, who leads the 18th Episcopal District, and lived in Lesotho, South Africa, was the first woman bishop elected in the A.M.E. Church. The Woman's Missionary Society and the Lay Organization serve the church through notable voter education, HIV/AIDS programs, and employment programs and projects.
With more than 2.5 million members in 8,000 congregations on four continents, the A.M.E. Church plays a pivotal role in sustaining the Allen tradition in numerous nations in the Americas, Africa and Europe.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is an independent denomination that grew out of the original Methodist Episcopal Church. The formal organization of the A.M.E. Zion church was recognized in 1796 in New York City. James Varick was the first Bishop. The A.M.E. Zion Church shares a common heritage with Christians of every age and nation according to the witness and teachings of the Apostles of Jesus Christ.
Zion Methodism grew out of the merciless enslavement of our African forebears. They were kidnapped from their native land, chained and shackled, shipped as beasts in deplorable conditions to a strange and distant land, having no family, no culture and no language. Yet, our fathers and mothers were confronted by the Lord Jesus Christ, in the cotton fields and every place of the humiliation and degradation revealing to them that He would always be with them as He had been with them in the past. When Jesus, upon whom the Spirit of the Lord had descended was preached at John Street Methodist Church, they united with that fellowship. However, bigotry and oppressively cruel barriers confronted them. The spirit of the Lord led them in the establishment of Zion Chapel (which later became the Mother Church of Zion Methodism) where the gospel of His redeeming grace could be purely preached and His vindicating and liberating influences could be experienced. Taking with them the doctrines, discipline, and polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church, they proceeded in the establishment of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. They believed that God had called them out of their bondage and had chosen them to be His people and a channel of His redeeming love for all people.
We believe and understand today that, in the Divine economy, Zion Methodism is to make disciples of all persons throughout the earth, to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captive, recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free and to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
In 1996 we observed our Bicentennial Celebration marking 200 years of our existence. The celebration took place in New York City where we had our beginning. During this celebration, we were invited back to the John Street Methodist Church for a special service. It was indeed a moving moment. To God be the Glory!
Albania, United Methodist Church*
The roots of the Methodist mission in Albania go back to the 19th century. In those days, American missionaries (later increasingly replaced by Albanians) not only preached and taught the Gospel, but also provided help in daily life. Their efforts to provide the populace with basic schooling were of especial importance. For many years the "Protestants" ran the only school for girls in Albania, and they also played an important role in the development of a common alphabet to integrate Albania's various regions and dialects. Unfortunately, this hopeful work was not graced with longevity.
Albanian Communism took a strict and destructive form like no other in Europe, and when the country opened up politically in the early 1990s, it was in ruins. A process of cautious reconstruction followed, and even though it is sometimes overshadowed by unrest and tension, this process is irreversible.
In 1992, dedicated members of the UMC congregation in Wismar, Germany began to support this process by contributing material goods to Albania and rebuilding the school infrastructure in the mountain villages of southeastern Albania. Their dedication has been productive. The people in Bishnica, a poor mountain village of 800, began to take interest in the driving force behind this work, and with the formation of a full-time team of Albanian and German Christians in Bishnica, the next step was taken. The team continued and expanded its charity work and evangelization. Through these efforts, about two dozen people discovered their faith in Jesus Christ and were baptized in July of 1998. This represented the founding of the UMC in Bishnica. Since then, the Church has continued to develop: it now boasts about 100 members in Bishnica and other villages in the vicinity or — because of the migration — in the further neighbourhood.
Most of the people in Albania are still very poor. Shipments of badly needed goods and assistance from abroad are still very welcome, especially in the mountains. By replacing dilapidated furniture, patching leaky roofs, and repairing broken heaters, the aid workers contribute significantly to improving the working conditions in community buildings and schools. A medical/nursing service, a reforestation project, and the founding of a boarding school for children from distant villages where the schools have been closed, all contribute to securing a brighter future for the people in the mountains.
In spite of these improvements, more and more people are leaving Bishnica and the surrounding villages in order to look for work, to study, or simply to seek their fortunes in the larger cities. It is a great challenge to follow them and use the existing Emails to approach more people, but it has, for example, led to the founding of small Methodist groups in Pogradec, Tirana and Korca.
Two young Albanians who began their theological studies in the Graz-Waiern program in Austria in 2004 will return to Albania in Summer 2008 and will take over responsibility. This is an important step towards a new
future, in which the UMC in Albania will be led and shaped by Albanians.
Although there are loose Emails between the Methodists in Albania and in Macedonia (e.g. in the International Youth Camp in Macedonia), structural cooperation is not possible. For this reason, the Methodist work in Albania, which so far has not been officially registered as a Church, is under the direct supervision of the Bishop of the UMC in Central and Southern Europe.
Algeria/Tunisia, United Methodist Church*
Argentina, Evangelical Methodist Church
In March 1825 the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New York proposed the establishment of a mission in South America. This proposal was acted upon favorably by the 1832 General Conference. In 1835 the Rev. F. E. Pitts visited Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Montevideo and recommended to the 1936 General Conference that work be established in the first two of these cities. Consequently, Dr. John Dempster arrived in Buenos Aires in December of that year to begin work. The work flourished and resulted in the erection of a sanctuary. Because of financial problems, Dr. Dempster was recalled as was Dr. William H. Norris who had opened work in Montevideo. The local congregation, however, received permission to continue the work and underwrite the salary of Dr. Norris who came to Buenos Aires from Montevideo. On January 3, 1843, the first Methodist sanctuary in South America was dedicated.
In 1856 the Missionary Society sent Dr. William Goodfellow to reinitiate the missionary work in South America. Since it was forbidden by local regulations to preach the gospel in Spanish, the work was extended in foreign languages to colonies established in the provinces of Santa Fe and Entre Rios. With more liberal laws obtained in the country, Dr. John F. Thompson, a Scotsman brought up in Argentina, and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan (USA) on the 25th of May, 1867, preached the first public sermon in Spanish. From thence the work of the Methodist Church, followed in the course of time by other denominations, spread throughout the country. The missionary thrust went beyond the borders, and opened work in Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. This work including the work, begun by Bishop Taylor in Chile, was organized into the South American Annual Conference.
The Methodist Church in Argentina continued growing in important cities like Rosario, Cordoba, Mendoza, Bahia Blanca, mar de Plata and in many other places. Many local churches organized primary schools, kindergartens and projects to serve poor people. On October 5, 1969, the church became autonomous as Iglesia Evangelica Metodista Argentina (IEMA) and Rev. Carlos T. Gattinoni was elected as its first bishop.
The IEMA had seven regions since that date with seven superintendents. In 1973 the General Assembly approved a document about the strategy of a church. It affirmed: "The Methodist Church today defines its mission in our country as service to the total liberation as carried by Jesus Christ and to which He invites the people and societies of Latin America to participate…" "Liberation: this word involves two concepts which are inseparable, united and mutually dependent; personal salvation and the redemption of society."
The Iglesia Evangelica Metodista Argentina has more than 115 congregations, 89 ordained ministers, 180 lay preachers, 210 Christian education teachers, 7 primary schools, 5 secondary schools and one university.
There are many kindergartens, several projects that serve children and women. Its ecumenical contribution is very wide; we are a part of 33 ecumenical projects.
The church includes a community of approximately 20,000 baptized persons who hold membership in the church.
Australia, Chinese Methodist Church
The Methodist Church in Singapore and the Methodist Church in Malaysia were established as a result of the Methodist missionary movement during the later part of the eighteenth century. The Lord has indeed blessed the ministry of the Methodist Church in South East Asia. The Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Malaysia, in particular, was aware of its missionary obligations. Many of the migrants who speak only their mother tongue found it hard to fit into the Australian mainstream churches. Missionaries from East Malaysia were sent to Australia to minister to the migrants. As the numbers grew preaching centres and churches were established.
A Mission Conference was incorporated in 1993. Six years later, at the annual conference which took place in November 1999 held in Perth, a Provisional Annual Conference was established according to the Constitution. There are three districts (East, West, South) with a district superintendent each to oversee the ministries of the local churches. In November 2002, we became a full Annual Conference after having achieved a membership of 10 elders. We now have 26 churches / preaching centers (having 9 English speaking congregations and 23 Mandarin speaking congregations) in all the major cities in Australia except Darwin. The present bishop is Bishop Dr. James Kwang.
There are presently 29 elders, 9 deacons and 2 pastors on trial. Total registered membership in 2006 was 1482.
Australia, Uniting Church in
The Uniting Church was formed in 1977 by a union of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in Australia. The largest component of its initial membership was Methodist, as sections of the other two churches remained outside of the union.
As indicated by the deliberate choice of its name, the Uniting Church has a strong ecumenical ethos. It is an active participant in world church forums, including the World Council of Churches, the Christian Conference of Asia and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and the World Methodist Council. It acts in partnership with 32 churches in Asia and the Pacific, and has long associations with Methodist and United churches in Papua New Guinea, India, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. In Australia it is in national dialogue with nine other churches, although none of those relationships are expected to result in further union in the near future.
The Uniting Church is the third largest church in Australia with approximately 2,000 congregations and 240,000 members and adherents. In common with other "mainstream" Australian churches it is faced with the challenge of diminishing numbers as secularism continues to grow.
Government of the church follows an inter-conciliar model. The national Assembly is headed by the church"s president, elected to office for a period of three years. Six synods, corresponding largely to the states of Australia, are the largest administrative bodies; they are headed by moderators who are elected for terms of 1-3 years. The Presbyteries, or district bodies, only some of which have their own staff, are headed by elected chairpersons.
Among the main features of the church are: An increasing multi-culturalism, five percent of the membership worships in languages other than English; The "Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress" provides for Aboriginal Christians to exercise oversight with respect to ministry with Aboriginal people. The UCA has been in a covenant relationship with Congress since 1985. A vast community service operation, which makes it the largest non-government provider of services in Australia, constant action on social justice matters, including strong stances on Aboriginal rights, disarmament, human rights and economic justice; a growing effort to transform congregations into "outposts of local mission and evangelism" through a ten-year thrust under the banner of "Forward Together;" commitment to the theological scholarship, with a network of six theological colleges, most of which are associated with universities.
A permanent ordained diaconate, established in 1992, plus new ministry orders of community minister and youth worker are now contributing significantly to the church"s mission.
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Austria, United Methodist Church*
Methodist work in Austria was begun in Vienna in 1870 by preachers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church from southern Germany. About thirty years later, it was joined with the mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Europe. Until 1920 there were severe restrictions by the State bodies; the Methodists only had the right to a "familial practice of religion". When a mission conference was formed in 1911, it included congregations in Austria (Vienna and Graz), Hungary, and what is today Serbia (Vojvodina). After the First World War, this conference was divided due to the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A time of serious unemployment and poverty followed, during which the Methodist Church was able to provide significant aid, mainly through support from abroad. In response to the religious freedom in the new Austrian state, congregations were formed in Vienna, St. Poelten, Krems, and Linz, and a home for children in Türnitz was founded as well. The worship services and Sunday School were full. Czech language services were also held in Vienna. In 1933, the parliament was dissolved by force, and the new religious freedom was rescinded. Oppression under a Catholic-minded Fascist regime followed ("Ständestaat"). This regime was succeeded by the National Socialists in 1938 and by the Anschluss to the Third Reich. Until the end of the Second World War, the Austrian congregations were part of the Southern German Conference of the Methodist Church.
In 1945, the Methodist Church in Austria was reorganized. It was a difficult time. Challenged by their own distress, the Methodists helped countless refugees which had come into the country. As a result of this service, new congregations were formed in the refugee camps in Linz, Ried/Inn, Salzburg, and Bregenz. In 1951, the Methodist Church was recognized by the Austrian state. Pastors from the US, Switzerland, and Germany came to help rebuild the Church. In 1956 Hungarian refugees were accommodated by the congregations in Vienna, Linz and Graz and provided with food and medicines. In Linz a social ministry and a kindergarten were established.
Even today, internationalism and openness toward seekers of all generations are still typical characteristics of the UMC in Austria. Because of this, in practically all congregations, people from many different nations come together, and worship services are sometimes translated into several languages. In Vienna, there is also a lively English-speaking congregation that was founded in 1978. This basic openness is the reason that, slowly but steadily, the Austrian Church is growing.
Although the UMC in Austria is a small Church, it plays an important role in the ecumenical movement and in the organization and support of many international conferences. It is a founding member of the Ecumenical Council of Austria. It maintains close Emails with the Lutheran Church and the Reformed Church (pulpit and table fellowship) and cooperates, among others, in the areas of charities, public relations, and religion lessons in schools.
The "Zentrum Spattstrasse" in Linz provides important social and pedagogical services for children and young people from all over Austria, and is widely known and respected. This institute for social-pedagogical initiatives includes welfare education groups for socially disadvantaged girls, a hospital for children with behavioural problems, a kindergarten, pedagogical training facilities, a day-care clinic, an out-patient clinic, and a shelter in the center of Linz, among other projects.
The Church is also an enormously important bridgehead to the Methodist congregations in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and Albania. One fruit of these decades-old relationships is the study program in Graz-Waiern, which was developed to provide for the theological education of future leaders in the UMC in southeastern Europe. After learning the German language in Graz (6-12 months), the students take part in a theological study program with internships in charity work at the Diakoniewerk in Waiern. During this entire period, they are members of the UMC congregation in Graz, where the open atmosphere ensures that they will be firmly anchored in the UMC, even though they are far from their homes.
The UMC rounds out its missionary work by running a Protestant bookshop and publishing house in Vienna.
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LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK — The Safeway Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, have teamed up to develop a print, radio and digital public service announcement featuring actress and SU2C Ambassador Marcia Cross. The PSA is designed to increase awareness for the fight against prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death for men in the United States, and currently affects more than two million American men. One-in-six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
Debuting this June, the public service campaign coincides with Safeway's annual in-store Prostate Cancer Awareness fundraiser, providing customers with multiple opportunities to give at more than 1,400 Safeway stores across the United States. The public service campaign will continue through the month, which includes the national observance of Father's Day on Sunday, June 16.
At the center of the public service campaign is a limited edition, reusable shopping bag, embossed with the words, "It starts with a wish; it can end with a cure." The bag will be available for purchase at all Safeway banner stores, including Vons, Pavilions, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Dominick's and Carrs stores, as well as online at safewayfoundation.org. Proceeds will support accelerated prostate cancer research. Additionally, Safeway shoppers will have a chance to make a separate donation at check-out.
Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Marcia Cross is best known for her roles on the award-winning series "Desperate Housewives" and the original "Melrose Place."
"I've seen too many men in my life affected by cancer," Cross said. "I am proud to be a part of the effort to support important cancer research that can save lives. My hope is that we can help increase survivorship among men affected by prostate cancer."
"We are thrilled to collaborate with our friends at Stand Up To Cancer and Marcia Cross to further increase awareness of prostate cancer," said Larree Renda, chair of The Safeway Foundation. "Stand Up To Cancer's scientists are taking cancer research to the next level, and we are committed to helping them in their effort to make meaningful advances in patient care."
The collaborative campaign represents a continued dedication to prostate cancer research and awareness for both The Safeway Foundation and SU2C.
The Safeway Foundation's donation to SU2C helps fund two Dream Teams focused on prostate cancer. The first team's project, titled "Precision Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer," is led by Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., S.P., Hicks endowed professor of pathology and professor of urology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Charles L. Sawyers, M.D., chairman of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The second Dream Team project, titled "Targeting Adaptive Pathways in Metastatic Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer," is led by Eric J. Small, M.D., professor of medicine and urology and chief of the division of hematology and oncology at the University of California, San Francisco, and Owen N. Witte, M.D., distinguished professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and distinguished professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. In total, these two teams have 109 scientists at 22 institutions.
To date, Safeway and The Safeway Foundation have raised $84.5 million for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research. Those donations, provided by Safeway's generous customers, have helped fund 1,600 prostate cancer research projects, providing hope for treatment and cures.
Since 2008, the Prostate Cancer Foundation has funded nearly 100 cancer investigators (in 7 countries and 44 cancer centers) whose innovative research ideas are accelerating discovery and progress.
New advances in early detection funded by The Safeway Foundation include a urine test to detect a unique piece of DNA found only in prostate cancer cells that can now be detected. This test has the potential to catch prostate cancer many years earlier than it has typically been detected in the past. Together with a PSA test and a checkup, it will help doctors determine who has prostate cancer and thus prevent patients from undergoing unnecessary biopsies.
"We're profoundly grateful to Marcia Cross and The Safeway Foundation for helping us spur more important conversations about prostate cancer, and for making it so easy for the public to support research that will lead to newer, more effective therapies," said Lisa Paulsen, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer and CEO of the Entertainment Industry Foundation.
For more information on the campaign, visit safewayfoundation.org or standup2cancer.org. To join the conversation, like us on Facebook at @StandUpToCancer or follow us on Twitter at @SU2C.
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FDA approves Sandoz hypertension drug
PRINCETON, N.J. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic heart-disease drug made by Sandoz, the company said Wednesday.
Sandoz, the generics division of Swiss drug maker Novartis, announced the approval of candesartan cilexetil tablets, a generic version of AstraZeneca's Atacand.
The drug is used to treat some types of heart failure in adults with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, as well as high blood pressure in adults and children as young as 1.
Atacand had sales of $120.3 million in 2012, according to IMS Health.
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Elan buys Austrian drug maker, stake in Dubai drug maker
DUBLIN — Irish drug maker Elan Corp. is paying about $380 million to buy one drug maker and a large stake in another, the company said.
Elan announced plans to buy Vienna-based AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals for about $340 million, a company that specializes in drugs for rare conditions in a variety of areas, including cancer, neurology and metabolic disorders. Elan also paid an initial $40 million to buy a 48% stake in Newbridge Pharmaceuticals, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Elan will have the option to buy the rest of the company for $244 million by 2015.
"Our proposed package of transactions is designed to create a balance of risk with the benefit of diversification to produce long-term growth in income and value," Elan CEO Kelly Martin said.
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Changes and modifications to the 2015 Nissan Terrano are expected to be quite substantial. The Japanese manufacturer hasn't released any new information in terms of when it can be expected on the market or what the selling price of the 2015 Terrano will be. The exterior will be similar to the Renault Duster, while the interior won't offer much room when compared to other SUV models. It is a very old model from the Nissan stable. It was the brain child behind a few other Nissan SUVs, like the Pathfinder, X-Trail and the Qashqai. These models came to fruition after the Terrano was discontinued in 2006.
The 2015 Nissan Terrano redesign is based on the Renault Duster, it is rumored that Renault will do a joint collaboration with Ford Eco Sport to make the vehicle an SUV to be reckoned with.
2015 Nissan Terrano Interior and Exterior
A large part of the exterior will feature new and fresh updates. The rear is expected to have tail lights that will have a revised shape, chrome covered exhaust pipes, and the spoilers and bumpers will be the same color as the rest of the body. The front panel will also see a refreshed update, some more chrome details can be expected, matched with well-designed head lights. The wheels of the Nissan Terrano 2015 will be 16 inch alloy wheels. A new design of the rims is expected to come as an option.
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Automaker announces the launch of its new hydrogen fuel project Japanese automaker Toyota has announced the beginning of its Low-carbon Hydrogen Technology Demonstration Project. The project has been formed by Toyota and several of its partners and aims to implement and evaluate an efficient hydrogen fuel supply chain. This supply chain would be reliant on renewable energy and would provide hydrogen fuel for various purposes in Japan. The project is also meant to highlight the capabilities of fuel cell technology and how it can be used to power a wide…Read More
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